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Top Alts Firms Collect $17bn-Plus in the Last Month Mar19

Posted 1:36 pm by Susan Barreto & filed under Hedge Fund Investing, Private Equity.

The latest Alternatives Watch scorecard tracked a fundraising binge of roughly 20 fund closings/launches for the month of February, pointing to a healthy 2020 fundraising environment that was unprecedented in that it was entirely virtual

AW Manager Scorecard: Private Market Players Raise $58bn in October Nov20

Posted 1:34 pm by Susan Barreto & filed under Private Equity.

Raising capital remotely has been a breeze for a number of top-tier private equity, credit and real estate firms that closed funds last month totaling more than $58 billion across 19 distinct investment offerings

AW Scorecard: April Alts Fundraising One for the Record Books May8

Posted 1:23 pm by Susan Barreto & filed under Private Equity.

Despite the continuing fallout from the coronavirus, April turned out to be a blockbuster month for alternative investment firms raising assets with distressed debt and targeted technology plays stealing the show

AW Scorecard: Private Equity Accounts for 50% Q1 Alts Mandates Apr3

Posted 3:35 pm by Susan Barreto & filed under Investing, Private Equity.

The investor inflows into private equity funds accounted for more than $10 billion of the more than $22 billion of alternative investment mandates overall as tracked by Alternatives Watch in the first quarter of 2020